WIZnet Messenger
Harnessing the power of a WIZnet W5100 controller, the WIZnet Messenger enables you to exchange messages in real time over a network or the Internet. Each unit includes a main board (with an Atmel ATmega16L microcontroller), a PS2 keyboard for entering messages, and a 4 × 20 text-based LCD.

Terminalator II - The SQL
Featuring a WIZnet WIZ810MJ board and an Atmel AVR Butterfly, this interesting design connects a PC host server application to a “dumb” ASCII terminal. The user at the terminal inputs SQL commands that are applied to a Microsoft Access database. The results appear on the terminal.

Network Easy
The Network Easy is an enhanced Staples “Easy Button.” Featuring a WIZnet W5100 controller, the design provides user-programmable phrases via Ethernet. In addition to playing prerecorded phrases, it triggers other buttons on the network to play back responses.

DynDns Hardware Update Client (DHUC)
Dynamic DNS enables you to create a hostname that points to your dynamic or static IP address or URL. Built around a WIZnet W5100 and Luminary Micro LM3S811, the DynDns Hardware Update Client (DHUC) implements a basic DynDns hardware update client that can be used for preventing DynDns expiration or abuse and more.

Motion Control Interface
This well-designed motion control interface features a WIZnet W5100 that provides an interface between a Xilinx Spartan3 FPGA board and a host computer. The FPGA counts pulses from four quadrature shaft encoders and generates PWM for a motor amplifier. The host PC performs control calculations. The system would be useful for any application where the host is performing real-time control calculations.

WIZnet-Enabled Remote Laboratory
This interesting embedded system enables remote clients to monitor and control laboratory experiments over the Internet. The system, which features a WIZnet W5100 and an ARM CPU, monitors and controls a lab experiment for an Internet-connected remote client.

Drip Irrigation Controller
The irrigation timer with advanced planning (ITAP) is a truly next-generation irrigation control system. Featuring a WIZnet WIZ810MJ network module and an Atmel ATmega168, the innovative controller directs user interaction into a standard web browser. As a result, the system doesn’t have a keyboard or an LCD. The single-controller unit can manage up to eight zones. No software installation is required. Its functionality is split between the browser-based user interface and the hardware-based web server, data model, and control logic. The web server is used to read and write the internal data model. Its other function is to return files stored in internal program memory. Precision irrigation control is now a reality because the system provides useful information such as watering schedules and zone activity.

LED News Ticker
The handy LED News Ticker brings the news to you by displaying up-to-date headlines in a scrolling format. The system features a main board and eight slave boards attached to dot-matrix LED displays. The main board features a Microchip Technology PIC18F2525 microcontroller connected to a WIZnet WIZ810MJ Ethernet module, which uses the W5100 to provide an easy-to-use interface to the Internet. The LED News Ticker requires no interaction to operate. Once powered up, the device immediately connects to the Internet and downloads news updates every 15 minutes. It handles all DHCP leasing and DNS resolving, allowing you to use dynamic IP addresses.

DMX Portal
The well-designed DMX Portal is an affordable DMX lighting controller. You can use the novel system to remotely control up to 512 channels through an IP-based network or directly interface them to embedded systems with a serial connection. It was designed to be perfectly suited for designers who want to off-load DMX management and refreshes from the main system controller. It’s also useful for distributed lighting systems where low-cost Ethernet wiring is more practical than expensive RS-485 wiring. The prototype includes an external EEPROM for scene storage and a Microchip Technology PIC18F4620 microprocessor. A WIZnet WIZ810MJ evaluation board is connected to the SPI on the PIC development board.